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Director of Research and the Head of NERDC North-West Zonal Office Profile

Dr. Olakunle S. Akinsola, is a Director of Research and the Head of NERDC North-West Zonal Office, Kano. He oversees the activities of the Council in all the Seven (7) States within the North-West Zone. He is a PhD degree holder in Educational Evaluation and has also distinguished himself as a specialist in the field of Educational Research Measurement and Evaluation within and outside NERDC. He has over twenty (20) papers presented in local and international conferences and over sixty Five (65) publications in local and international journals, mostly in the areas of Evaluation of Teaching Effectiveness and Students’ Achievement in Science and Mathematics Education. His areas of specialization are the following:

  1. Psychometrics
  2. Monitoring and Evaluation
  3. Data Analysis
  4. Education Research
  5. Education Quality (Teacher training, School Improvement and development, Curriculum development)

Dr Akinsola is a consultant to the British Council and his skills, experiences and related achievements on tasks delivered within and outside NERDC include the following among others:

  • RESEARCH AND COMMISSION/TECHNICAL REPORT (Assignments)
    • An Appraisal of Mother-pupils Policy on Girls' Enrolments in the Upper basic and High Schools in Central Province of Zambia. A Research Study Conducted for Nkrumah College of Education, Kabwe, Zambia (2004).
    • Characteristics of Classroom Encounters and Pupil Achievement in Junior Secondary Schools in Selected States in Nigeria. An NERDC Collaborative Study with University of Ado-Ekiti (2001).
    • Technical Report on Continuous Assessment Practices in Nigerian Basic and Senior Secondary Education Levels. FME Assignment (2010).
    • A Survey of the Use of Mother Tongue in the First Three Years of Primary Education in Nigeria. NERDC Research Report 19 (2011).
    • A Survey Public Pre-Primary Education in Nigeria. An NERDC-NESCO Collaborative Study Report (2011).
    • Relative Performance of Students who Gain Entry into Nigerian Universities with Certificate Obtained at One or Two Sittings in WAEC and NECO SSC Examinations. NERDC Research Report 17 (2011)
  • RESEARCH INSTRUMENT & CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
    • Planning and Instrument Development Workshop on Assessment of Reading Culture of Learners at Basic Education Level at NERDC Conference Centre Abuja 6th-7th May 2009.
    • Planning and Instrument Development Workshop on Survey of the Implementation of the Use of Mother Tongue in the First Three Years of Primary Education in Nigeria. At NERDC Conference Centre Abuja 12th-13th May 2009.
    • NBTE Project – Expert Group Meeting on Curriculum review to produce guidelines for the review of 13No. Technical Colleges Curricula held at the TVE Centre of Excellence, Kaduna on 18th May, 2010.
    • NBTE Project – Curriculum Review Workshop for the review of 10No. Technical Colleges Curricula held at the TVE Centre of Excellence, Kaduna on 14th – 18th June 2010.
  • ORGANISATION/FACILITATION OF CAPACITY BUILDING/TRAINING WORKSHOPS
    • NERDC/STEP-B Project – Concept - Planning Workshop for Train the Trainers on the Use of Teacher’s guides for Implementing the New Sciences and Mathematics Curriculum in SSS, 3rd – 6th May, 2013 at Benin Motel Plaza, Benin-City, Edo State.
    • NERDC/STEP-B Project – Train the Trainers Workshop on the Use of Teacher’s guides for Implementing the New Sciences and Mathematics Curriculum in SSS, 21st – 25th May, 2013 at Doo Palace Hotel, Makurdi –Benue State.
    • Capacity Building Workshop for Private School Teachers on the Revised 9- Year Basic Education Curriculum in Delta State, 7th & 8th June, 2015.
    • Capacity Building Workshop for Teachers of Federal Government College, Kano, Kano State on Implementation of the Revised 9-Year Basic & Senior Secondary Education Curriculum held on 24th & 25th February, 2016.
    • Capacity Building Workshop for Teachers of Federal Government Girls College (FGGC), Mujibir – Kano State on Implementation of Revised 9- Year Basic & Senior Secondary Education Curriculum held on 21st & 22nd March, 2016.

He is a member of many professional associations and institutes which includes: Association for Educational Assessment in Africa (AEAA); World Council for Curriculum and Instruction (WCCI); Curriculum Organization of Nigeria (CON); Association of Educational Researcher and Evaluators of Nigeria (ASSEREN); Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (STAN); International Association for Innovations In Educational Assessment (IAIIEA); South African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (SAARMSTE); Fellow Institute of Corporate Administration of Nigeria (ICA) etc.








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